I have an array of image width values pulled from XML. I want to simply look at the array and return a value that is equal to the highest number in the array. e.g. the array might end up like array [250,600,350,375]and I just want something that returns the highest value (in this case the 600).
View 9 RepliesHow would I go about returning which object in an has the highest (numerically) of a particular variable? The variables are randomly generated.
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way to find the highest number in an array? umbersArr(314,2613,221,103,77);is there a way to loop though this, compare all the numbers to each other and find the highest value while keeping the array in order?
View 14 Repliesputting a movieclip into highest depth without knowing which clip is in the highest depth
View 2 RepliesI have a list of functions inside an array.I want to pull out the names of these functions as they are written in the array, and display them through the trace.Easy? All I get is a 'type function' ...from what I thought would be as simple as this:::
Code:
var func_ary:Array = new Array(doThis, StartMe, etc);
trace(String(func_ary[2]));
I have a bit of code here that pulls, at random, 50 images from a file and pushes them into an array. I now need to pull, at random, 350 times from the array. I'm using a timer in place of the for loop to grab the images from the array. My code works fine as long as I do not use an array and I loop the images straight from the file. But that's very slow and bad form. I think I can do everything except the .load of the array. I can't seem to make it work. I'm getting errors that say "#1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference" or "1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Array to an unrelated type flash.net:URLRequest". I think I get the point of these messages, but I cannot seem to figure out how to pull the URLRequests back out of the array.
var imgLoader:Loader;
var imgSource:URLRequest;
var imgArrayer:Array = new Array();[code]......
I have an array which contains 3 Movieclips. I would like to Randomly select 2 of these Movieclips (and them not be the same Movieclips).Then I would like to pass those 2 Movieclips into a function that is setup to receive them as arguments. I'm lost and am not having success trying to concatenate the Movieclips with [i].
View 8 Repliesi am trying to pull out a random movieclip from the library and use "addChild" to add it to another movieclip on stage by using an array.basically, i need to be able to create an array that has all the names of the movieclips i want to randomly pull out... and then randomly select a name from that array so i can use it to get the movieclip out.i cant seem to be able to tell flash that the name in the array is referring to a movieclip in the library.which is why the code below returns an error..[code]
View 3 Repliesi am currently using this script to run through an array:
swfArray = new Array("images/indep/1.jpg", "images/indep/2.jpg", "images/indep/3.jpg", "images/indep/4.jpg", "images/indep/5.jpg", "images/indep/6.jpg", "images/indep/7.jpg", "images/indep/8.jpg", "images/indep/9.jpg", "images/indep/10.jpg", "images/indep/11.jpg", "images/indep/12.jpg", "images/indep/13.jpg");
this.createEmptyMovieClip("target1",2);
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is there a way i can add my current preloader to the array script so i pull in jpgs instead of swf files?
I have an array with 20 elements and a shuffle function applied. Now i need to screen only 4 elements from that, which then should be deleted from the array in order to avoid repetition (next play will pick other 4 images and so on) Anyone knows if there a class i can use?
ActionScript Code:
function processXML(e:Event):void {
var my_xml:XML=new XML(e.target.data);
my_speed=my_xml.@SPEED;
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I have 3 movieclips and inside them loads external txt.files .To MovieClip number one loads 1.txt, to number two loads 2.txt and to number three loads file 3.txt.Allright everything works, but......what if I wantet to load the txt-file that has the highest number to the first movieclip example 65.txt, and to number two the 64.txt, and to movieclip 3 txt-file 63. And when there is txt-file called 66 in the folder it loads to movieclip one, and 65 loads to movieclip 2 etc... I think everybody gets the point.Is it possible, that Flash look up the txt file that has the highest value?
View 8 Repliesi have 3 variables and im executing a block of code depending which on has the highestow do i determine has the highest and the execute the code which ever has the highest
View 3 RepliesI have a shape and I want to find out what the highest y value is for an x value.Example: I have an oval, and with width 200 px. I input an x value like 78 px from the left and I want to know what the highest y value is that matches the x value (the top of the oval at point x)
View 3 Repliesi had to remove the flash built form and place an iframe over the top of the animation with an html form! (my reason was that the exported flash file always recognised keystrokes as that of an american keyboard and the @ sign came out as this "when you hover over the icons at the bottom which bring up information contained in a button, it falls behind the iframe.is there anyway in which i can make that particular button that contains a movieclip get the next highest z index to go above the iframe?FYI:-i have tried this on the button instance but does not work...
on (rollOver) {
this.getNextHighestDepth();
}
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on this page .i had to remove the flash built form and place an iframe over the top of the animation with an html form! (my reason was that the exported flash file always recognised keystrokes as that of an american keyboard and the @ sign came out as this hen you hover over the icons at the bottom which bring up information contained in a button, it falls behind the iframe.is there anyway in which i can make that particular button that contains a movieclip get the next highest z index to go above the iframe??FYI:-i have tried this on the button instance but does not work...
on (rollOver) {
this.getNextHighestDepth();
}
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I'm creating this shooter game. I attached a crosshair mc at the beginning with the depth set to getNextHighestDepth.However I keep adding the monsters mc dynamically when the game progresses, also with getNextHighestDepth. So the monster mc will keep overriding the depth of my crosshair's depth. how to get my crosshair mc's depth always to be on top of everything including the monster mc.I tried getNextHighestDepth()+1000 for my crosshair mc. But it was dumb because the monsters keep getting getNextHighestDepth as well. I assume that monster's depth would be 1001, 1002 and so on...
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to set the MovieClip I MOUSE_DOWN on to the highest index using
var mcToMove:MovieClip;
mcToMove = this[e.target.parent.name][e.target.name];
trace(mcToMove is MovieClip); // "true"
setChildIndex(MovieClip(mcToMove), (this.numChildren - 1));
but I think it's only giving me the e.target.name and not the whole path that includes the parent mc as well.
ok so in actionscript using xml I can find all the nodes of the same name using
xmlList.descendants("nodename");
and that returns me a XMLlist of those nodes that exist within the xmlList I provided all well and good but now I want to only get the one node of the returned value that has the largest value.
Do I have to loop through the resulting nodes or can I get that node without a loop maybe some other xmllist function I'm not aware of ?
I have 3 different movieclips loaded to the stage. Placed on different layers when I press the button which is associated with the right movieclip I get working only the one that sits above all. The rest is being played in the back of this movieclip.
I have 2 solutions in mind, I hope you guys could help me at leas with one of them.
-I have prepared a fade out inside each movieclip but why I am new to AS3 (I used AS2 before) I can't figure out how to trigger this when another movieclip started to play.
or
-To get the actual movieclip placed on the highest level when a button is pressed.
I want to add highest score table in my flash game ? I want to upload my game to web so visitors can play on my page and see how good they were. Im working with as2
View 1 RepliesI have a set of variables of type "integer" and I just want to take the greatest of these values, and set as the value for some new variable. How would I do this in as3?
View 2 RepliesI'm adding a custom cursor, and I need it to stay at the highest depth. Currently, whenever I add new movie clips to the screen, the custom mouse shows up behind the movie clips, which looks terrible. I have to add movie clips regularly during runtime, but I need the custom cursor to stay above them, just like the regular mouse would.
Here's how I'm adding the custom cursor:
Mouse.hide();
var cross= new crosshairs();
this.addChild(cross);
cross.depth = 999999;
cross.startDrag(true);
I'm trying to get a movieclip to appear at the highest depth from the library.
View 1 Replies Im working on a quiz that have 4 questions with 3 options each.Example:
Q1 Which actionscript forum has the coolest viewers?
A: Actionscript.org
B: Kirupa
C: Stylegala
Now, if the surfer choose more A options than B or C he gets one result message, if he choose more B options than A or C he gets another result message. how do I compare more than one variables?
I recently downloaded an example of a xml slideshow from here
However I am having the hardest time trying to put another layer with an image, like a border over the slideshow. I have scoured google for solutions however anything actionscript i throw in to try and get the added layer to have the highest depth just does'nt work.
I am calling this function:
Code:
function getHighestWidth():void{
for (var i:int = 0; i < myXML.video_title.length(); i++) {
trace(String(myXML.video_title[i]).length);
}
}
output gives like:
22
43
54
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I could push these numbers into array and then sort that array numeric to get the highest number, but is there an even shorter way to return the highest number from these strings?
I'm adding a custom cursor, and I need it to stay at the highest depth. Currently, whenever I add new movie clips to the screen, the custom mouse shows up behind the movie clips, which looks terrible. I have to add movie clips regularly during runtime, but I need the custom cursor to stay above them, just like the regular mouse would.[code]...
View 6 RepliesI'm not sure how I would bring my buttons to the highest depth. I just finished the Kirupa slideshow, but the only prob is that the pics keep hiding my buttons.
View 4 RepliesI have a number of boxes on screen - each box is a rectangular movieclip, and they fall to the bottom of the screen where they pile up to make a stack of boxes. I'm using box2d for the physics. Oh, and each box may be rotated. I need to find the highest point - ie the smallest y value, of the stack of boxes.
Obviously I can find the position of the highest box's registration point easily (which is the centre of each box) - but that may not be the highest point of the pile of boxes. The highest point may not even be the highest box - it could be a lower box that is rotated on end, for example.
I have a ranking system set up, and its functional. The movie clips "a"-"d" displays the rank. While the dynamic text box "one" is changing for future reference.
Code:
if(myStopWatch.getTime() < 70) {
A.gotoAndPlay(2);
one.text="A";
} else if(myStopWatch.getTime() < 1000) {
B.gotoAndPlay(2);
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However, I realized that if you got a rank of B, and you replayed the level, and your rank went down, you'd want your better rank to stay in place. So how can I keep the highest rank in the dynamic text box "one", so it doesn't change if you later get a lower rank?